We're still busy preparing for the WE Heart Handmade Art event this Thursday, March 31, 6-9pm at West Elm (62nd & Broadway). Remodelista selected 18 New York area Etsy artists to participate. We've redesigned our tea towels and pillow covers and will have totes, cards, art prints, and more. If you're in the neighborhood, stop by to say "Hi," and enjoy some free refreshments! Your RSVP is requested to help gauge food and drink, but is not required.

"Located by the new Cool Docks development on the South Bund District of Shanghai, the Waterhouse is a four-story, 19-room boutique hotel built into an existing three-story Japanese Army headquarters building from the 1930’s." (more)

"In a foggy landscape, we no longer see what we are usually able to see – the distance to the traffic light, the silhouette of the trees, the slope of the ground. Silhouettes, distance and horizontal sense all become vague. When we perceive this vagueness, the water inside the retina and skin dissolve outwardly toward the infinite space of the body surface. The landscape continues to flow, withholding us from grasping anything solid." (more)

"Made of 20 common wood hangers and black ropes, this wardrobe aims to show how everyday goods used in their ordinary function can be transformed into a new concept. Exploring and expanding an existing object to create a new way to manage small spaces results in a functional and simple creation." (more)

Lynn Russell of Satsuma Press has graciously organized HEARTS + HANDS, a raffle to support relief efforts in Japan following the March 11th earthquake and tsunami. More than 90 artists and small businesses, ourselves included, have contributed prizes for the raffle. Tickets are $10 each and are available now through April 6th. All proceeds will be donated to Shelter Box. Please visit the website to learn more and to purchase tickets.

Apologies for our blogging absence the past few weeks. We've been busy getting ready for an upcoming West Elm pop-up event in New York that we can now share with you!! It's co-sponsored by Etsy and curated by Remodelista and will be Thursday, March 31st at the Broadway and 62nd Street West Elm location. We will share more information as the date approaches. We're excited to see who else is participating!